July 2005
Demessieux's Salle Pleyel debut series in 1946 was indeed a fitting climax to the teasers that had been sent out.68 Those present at any of the six recitals heard the consummate clarity of her articulation, her sensitive musicianship, her…
Bedient Pipe Organ Company, Roca, Nebraska, Opus 67
Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rocklin, California
A Boston model from Bedient’s Legacy Line is in
Rocklin, California, near Sacramento. The instrument features mechanical…
Rieger-Orgelbau GmbH, Schwarzach, Austria
Bryn Mawr
Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
It rarely happens that a 30-year old organ is taken down and replaced by a
new one. It is even more startling when the organ taken down was a…
Mention the name of the French organist-composer JeanneDemessieux (1921-68) and someone will broach a tantalizing question from the history of the Paris organ world: why in 1946 did Marcel Dupré bring to a sudden end both his five-year-…
In 1993, over 30 organ builders met in Tempe, Arizona to discuss the significance of “The Historical Organ in America” and to ponder the future of historically informed organ building. Twelve years later, a new Martin Pasi organ in Omaha’s…
In last month’s issue of The Diapason we started to recount the fictional story of one church’s experience with the process of purchasing and installing a new pipe organ. We pick up the tale this month as the new organ actually arrives at…
William C. Huffman, of Virginia, Illinois, died on April 16 at Heritage Manor South in Beardstown. He was 78. Born on May 14, 1926, in Cass County, he married Catherine Braner on September 14, 1946, in Jacksonville. He was a graduate of…
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